The Perfect Marriage
Mike and I are celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary and this guy deserves a medal for putting up with me for so long. We met when I was only 17. We fell in love immediately and we were married six months later -- we had to wait until I graduated from high school and I turned 18. He was a first-year student at Purdue University and I cried when he took me home after our first date because he had to go back to school the next day. Those tears led to dropping out of college, a short engagement, and living in a mobile home until we could afford a house. This is me (the skinny girl with the big glasses) with this guy (with lots of hair) I barely knew and would soon marry. High School Prom 1981 We knew nothing about marriage and definitely knew nothing about what God thought about marriage. We were just two teenagers in love and starting a life together. I love the way God gives us a biblical picture of marriage through His word. Jesus refers to believers as...